Timeline

2018:

January 12: The King approved that Oslo and Akershus University College becomes a university. The new university is called OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University. In Norwegian it is called OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet.

2017:

December 15: A complete application is sent to the Ministry of Education.

December 15: HiOA's board accepts the name proposal OsloMet.

December 12: NOKUT approves HiOA's application for university accreditation.

November 13: NOKUT's expert committee delivers the report concluding that "HiOA meets all requirements for accreditation as a university".

June 1: NOKUT appoints an expert committee to assess the university application.

February 22: HiOA submits the application for accreditation as a university to NOKUT (The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education).

February 7: HiOA's Board approves the university application (and the rector approves the latest changes in the application by authority of the board on February 15).

2016:

March 9: The HiOA board approves the basic document and formally approves to initiate the application process for university accreditation.

2015:

An early version of the university application is drawn up as a basic document. The work on the university application is project organised.

2011:

Oslo University College and Akershus University College merge and preparatory work with surveys and measures to enable the institution to meet the requirements for the university accreditation is commenced.

2007:

December: HiOA's board decides that the university college will become a university.